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Outperform the Market

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Definition: Outperform the market can be taken several ways.
  • Most importantly to you, it is when your investment portfolio overall does better than the stock market overall.
  • It can also mean if your, say, emerging markets funds do better than the average emerging market fund.
  • It can also mean when any investment strategy does better than the 7-10% annual average the stock market has done over time.
Also Known As: Beat the Market
Common Misspellings: outproform the market, outperfrom the market, outprofrom the market
Examples:
Every investor is trying to outperform the market.

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